Sanitary receiving-basin.



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SANITARY RECEIVING BASIN.

(Application led Nov. 24, 1899.)

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B. R. GUION. SANITARY RECEIVING BASIN.

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BERNARD R. GUION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF TVVO-'II'IIRDS TOALEXANDER LUTZ, OF SAME PLACE, AND JAMES E. IVALSH, O

DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

SANlTARY RECEIVING-BASIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,639, datedv-September 25, 1900.

Application filed November 24, 1899. Serial No. 738,169. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, BERNARD R. GUION, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SanitaryReceiving-Basins, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to new, useful, and sanitary improvements inreceiving or catch basins for cities and towns to receive and dischargethe surface-water from streets into the sewers, also to be connectedwith the drainage from factories and slaughter-houses independent of thedischarges from Waterclosets and urinals.

The common form of receiving or catch basins now in use for streetservice in cities and towns is objectionable for numerous reasons. Therst is the inability of said basins to properly retain the sediment inthe surface-water from said streets and prevent it from being carried01T with the sewers, where it lodges, thus eventually clogging up thesame; second, that during a dry spell a large volume of water is held insaid basin, becoming more and more foul every day, throwing off foul andoffensive gases. Third, the pressure of this large body of foul water isfurthermore objectionable when the basin is to be cleaned, for thereason that said water has to be removed and deposited upon the street,where it is usually retained in a pool until the heavier deposits areremoved from the basin, after which said water is permitted to again runback into the basin. This form of procedure is objectionable and anuisance, as foul and obnoxious gases arise from the foul Water. Fourth,when the sediment has accumulated in said basin above the bottom of thetrap-stone the surface-water from the streets cannot How into thesewers. Consequently the streets and sometimes the cellars of houses areflooded. A further and material objection to the present form of construction of said basins is in the manner the heavy accumulations ordeposits have to be removed. It is first necessary to dip out the waterand pool it, as above set forth, after which men are sent into the basinwith shov- 'for service.

elsv and buckets, and the mud, sand, and heavy deposits are taken out inaway which is very slow and disagreeable, especially since after thewater, the mud, sand, and heavy deposits referred to have been removedfrom below the bottom of trap-stone the outlet to the sewer is openedand its gases permitted to escape.

My invention is designed with especial regard to the objections abovenoted; and it is the object of my improvement to first provide areceiving-basin which is a sanitary device of simple and durableconstruction; second, to arrange Yso as to permit of the convenient andready removal of the heavy deposits and without the necessity ofhandling any of the water used for trapping the sewer, to prevent thepossibility of iooding the streets and cellars of houses, to insure thepurification of the water and its separation from the deposits andimpurities as they pass through the basin, and, finally, in providing anautomatic siphoning device which operates to take o the largevolume ofwater and insure the detention of sufficient water within the basinto atall times form a trap for the sewer-pipe; also, that there will be nonecessity of allowing the matter to remain in the basin and become fouland obnoxious, as it can be changed at any time in a few moments; also,that the appliance can be put in any receiving-basin as now constructedin any city or town, without the necessity of changing the brick masonryor the head or gutter stone, at a small cost.

With the above objects in view my inven* tion consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts set forth in the accompanying twosheets of drawings, forming a part of this specication, upon whichsimilar characters of reference denote like or corresponding partsthroughout the several figures, and of which- Figure l shows a centralvertical longitudinal section through my improved receiving basin, thecover being detached and the removable basket hoisted out for emptying.Fig. 2 is a similar sectional view with the basket in place, the basinclosed, and ready Fig. 3 shows a slightly-modified form of basin, thesame being adapted for private use, such as factories, &c. Fig. 4 isacross-section taken at a right angle to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 and on line 44 of Fig. l, looking in the direction of the opening. Fig. 5 is asimilar cross sectional view showing the screen contracted to form asmaller outlet. Fig. G is a sectional plan on line 6 6 of Fig. l; andFig. 7 shows a similar sectional plan of a round basin instead of asquare, as illustrated in the preceding figures.

Referring in detail to the characters of reference marked upon thedrawings, A indicates lthe main compartment of the basin, B thecapstone, and C the cover.

D represents the inlet from the street, of which E shows the curb and Fthe gutter lines, respectively.

My basin may be formed of any preferred Shape-such square, round, orhexagonand is divided by means of a vertical screenwall G, thus dividingthe basin into a large and small compartment A and II. Within the largeor main compartment I locate a receiving-basket I, which is of specialconstruction and is designed to catch the flow of water as it pours inthrough the opening D from the street. This basket is formed of eitherperforated sheet-metal or wire screen, which construction insures thedetention therein of ail the solid `matter which comes in with the iiowof water and permits of the free exit of said water from said basket.The basket is provided with a chain-handle K, by means of which it isengaged for hoisting from the basin. In practice this basket is raisedfrom the basin by means of a suitable derrick, which is so arranged thatthe basket may be elevated above a cart, into which the contents of saidbasket are deposited and carted off. I further provide the basket with adetachable bottom, whereby the deposits above referred to may be quicklyremoved. This detachable bottom is formed of solid doors L L, which arehinged at either side and overlap at the middle in a manner to besecured by suitable catch M, as shown.

The compartment H, before mentioned, may be built on as an addition tothe main basin or may be produced by dividing a large receptacle, asshown in my drawings. As before stated, the two compartments are dividedwith a screen G, which may constitute the entire wall, as shown in Fig.4, or it may be of reduced size and set into a wall of masonry, as shownin Fig. 5. The upper part of this screen-wall contains a door N, asshown, whereby access may be had to the small chamber of the basin forcleaning or other purposes. The bottom of this small compartment isbelow that of the main or larger one, thus forming a deeper receptacleand one which will permit of the drainage 4from said larger receptacle.From the bottom of this small receptacle I make my pipe connection forthe street-sewer, which connection consists of a pipe O, having an elbowset in the edge of the wall and having a vertical inner end P andradeflected outer portion Q. The inner end of this pipe is disposedadjacent to the bottom of the chamber in a manner to drain the watertherefrom after the siphon has once been started. Around this pipe andwithin the small chamber I pack a quantity of gravel R of suitable size,through which the water tiows, in addition to the screen-partition G,from the main basin, and it strains down through said gravel and fillsup around the mouth of the pipe R.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the action of myimproved basin is as follows: The Water when liowing in from the streetsis first deposited in the basket, where it leaves all of the solidmatter. From this basket the liquid runs out into the smaller receptaclethrough the screenpartition and the gravel contained within the smallercompartment until the latter is filled up and overflows out through theoutlet-pipe O, which flow of water forms a siphon from the basin to thestreet-sewer. This siphon once started will continue to flow until thewateris drawn entirely out of the large receptacle and down to thebottom of the smaller one, whereby t-he seal is broken and air is letinto the suction-pipe or siphon. The moment the seal is broken theSiphon stops flowing. The column of water in said Siphon falls aroundthe mouth of the pipe or Siphon, thus forming a seal for the same, andprevents the sewer-gas from escaping from the sewer.

From the above operation it will be seen that the heavy and coarsesubstances which are present in the water are lodged in the basket andthe water drained from them, thus leaving said coarse deposits at alltimes ready to be removed without interference by the presence of water.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. In a sanitary receiving-basin the combination of the maincompartment, an adjacent compartment separated therefrom by means of ascreening device and its bottom below the level of the main compartmentin a manner to drain the same, a door located in said screening device,a siphoning device leading from said smaller compartment and adapted toautomatically drain the water from the basin, a filling of gravel orlike material placed around said pipe, a basket suspended within themain compartment and means to permit of said basket being hoistedtherefrom.

2. The combination in a receiving-basin of the main compartment, abasket located therein, a collapsible bottom for said basket and meansfor removing the same from the compartment for discharging its contents,a secondaryV compartment having its bottom below that of the firstcompartment in a manner to drain the same, a screen separating IOO IOS

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bottom is below that of the rst compartment, a filling` of gravel insaid second compartment, a door leading from one to the other, asiphoning-pipe leading from the second, and lower compartment, wherebythe device may be drained.

Signed in the city, county, and State of New zo York this 31st day ofOctober, A. D. 1899.

BERNARD R. GUION.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. GUI'oN, WALTER E. BROWN.

